Afghanistan Times
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Being backed by Pakistan’s paramilitary troops, more than 500 Taliban started attacking Afghan security forces installations in Dand-e-Pathan district of Paktia province, last week, said a security official. Abdul Basir Khpalwak, a border police commander in Paktia province, said that military of Pakistan has even been supplying …
Read More »Absence of regulations hampers key mining projects
AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MMP) of Afghanistan on Sunday said that due to absence of comprehensive regulations and legal procedures, major companies were not ready to invest in the country’s mining sector. Addressing a press conference here, the minister for mines Dawood Shah Saba said that the …
Read More »ACCI warns of protest over trader’s kidnapping
AT-KABUL: Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) warned that if the government failed to rescue the kidnapped businessman from abductors, the traders would stop importing food items and will go on a nationwide shutter-down protest. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, the deputy chief of ACCI, Khan Jan …
Read More »Islamic State attacks Pak army check-post
AT-KABUL: The Islamic State, also popular as Daesh, on Sunday claimed attack on Pakistani paramilitary forces’ checkpoint in Bajaur Agency. The group which has vowed to erase the Durand Line as it did in Syria and Iraq, told Afghanistan Times that its fighters attacked the Frontier Corps (FC), Pakistan’s paramilitary …
Read More »Electoral reforms package inconclusive: FEFA
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) on Sunday said the electoral reforms package is incomplete and need further improvement. Welcoming the Electoral Reforms Commission (ERC) recommendations, the FEFA’s Chief Executive, Mohammad Yusuf Rashid, said the package has positive as well as negative and complicated …
Read More »Spate of terror attacks in Kabul strained Afghan-Pak relations: Aziz
“Only pushing the Taliban to the table of peace negotiation wouldn’t suffice, making the talks result-oriented is a must,” Aziz AT Monitoring Desk: KABUL: Adviser to the Pakistan’s Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz said the recent spate of terrorist suicide attacks in Kabul undermined the burgeoning …
Read More »Would-be suicide bomber held in Kunar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces have arrested a would-be suicide bomber in a military operation in eastern Kunar province, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Sunday. The suicide bomber was held in Marawar district of the province where the arrested terrorist planned to carry out attack …
Read More »ISIS supporters say attacked Pakistan-Afghan border post
Pakistan militants who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said on on Sunday (Sept 13) they had attacked a paramilitary checkpoint along the Afghan border, in the first such assault claimed by a former faction of the Taleban in several months. A militant affiliated with …
Read More »Afghan couple stoned to death on adultery charges
Kabul: An official said Sunday, a couple accused of adultery was stoned to death by armed militants in northern Afghanistan. “A couple was found guilty of adultery charges during a Taliban court hearing in Qalai Sorkh area of Sozma Qala district,” said Hamid Elmi, head of media relations department in …
Read More »Insecurity along the roads and e-ID card issue
Insecurity has been steadily on the hike. Highways and roads are getting insecure. There has been a sharp increase in kidnappings on almost all major roads. Though roads are being built, distances are shrinking, provinces and districts are connecting, which play a vital role in the increased trade and business …
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